As I near the end of my time in the class, Politics of Information, I have a new appreciation for the people who take valuable time out of there daily life to edit wikipedias, write blogs, write buzz feed articles, and daily fight for their beliefs. Always remember to have fun and enjoy life. I´ll be out there somewhere riding my e-scooter thinking about the good times I´ve had doing this.
Wikipedia
Editing my Wikipedia was probably one of the hardest things that I have ever had to do. When editing a Wikipedia, I constantly had to check myself and make sure that I was not being biased in a negative or positive fashion. When I finally picked the subject I wanted to write on it was because I had a lot of knowledge on the subject. One discouraging part of our discussion about Wikipedia was the number of women that contributed to the articles. I hope in the future to see that number increase.
Blogs
Writing the blogs was one of my favorite parts of the class. Writing blogs is a way to get your ideas and thoughts out in the world. My favorite blog was the Q&A because it gave my an insight into my teachers decision for choosing the book that she chose. Another part of the class that dealt with blogs was my blogosphere. For my blogosphere I chose to follow Jill Stanek . This blog revealed a lot of valuable information to me and it taught me things that I never knew. My blogosphere subject was abortion and by viewing Kasey Jackson , it allowed me to strengthen and change my believes in some areas.
BuzzFeed
I read articles on BuzzFeed all the time and do fun quizzes, but I never knew how much work went into a BuzzFeed article. In order to create my BuzzFeed I had to research and compile from a lot of other sources. After completing this project I had a new found respect for author of BuzzFeeds. I also ran into a few problems mainly with the thumbnail. This problem made me realize how something so little could effect your entire article as a whole.
Spread a Message
For my Spread a Message I decided to post my Bizzarro Research Paper on twitter and Facebook. I also decided to put up two different flyers in the cafe and residential halls: Child Abuse poster and Child Abuse Poster 2.